The Environmental Protection Agency’s mission is to protect human health and the environment. But the person chosen by Trump to run the agency, Lee Zeldin, is doing anything but.
Zeldin claims to want clean air, clean water, and a healthy climate, but he’s actively working against all three as he yanks apart the climate safeguards everyone in the United States relies on and fires essential staff.
Tell Congress: Defend EPA’s Ability to Protect Human Health and the Environment
We need an EPA administrator who prioritizes public health over corporate greed and polluters.
- Gutting EPA by firing over 1,000 scientists doesn’t protect families, communities, and our shared environment, it endangers us all.
- Refusing to enforce existing protections from power plant emissions and rolling back safeguards against deadly soot, mercury, and petrochemical pollution will deeply impact the most vulnerable among us: our children.
Our latest short video explains all the ways Zeldin has broken promises made during his confirmation hearing and is attacking important public health protections, putting everyone in the U.S. at risk:
The current assault on EPA by polluters and their allies in the White House and Congress is unprecedented. We’re seeing the agency crippled with massive funding cuts and layoffs of scientists, public health experts, and other critical staff. Protecting the environment cannot be done without these necessary resources.
Join Moms in telling lawmakers to aggressively defend EPA funding and staff. Oil and gas CEOs cannot be allowed to harm our families for their profits.
Tell Congress: Defend EPA’s Ability to Protect Human Health and the Environment